Catchword: choice mother

Filed Under: English, Relationships

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: These days, American fatherhood has yet another hostile force to contend with: artificial insemination.…More ordinary “choice mothers,” as many single women using AI now call themselves, are usually not openly hostile to fathers, but they boast a language of female empowerment that implicitly trivializes men’s roles in children’s lives. The term “choice mothers” frames AI as a matter of women’s reproductive rights. Only the woman’s decision making—or intention—carries moral weight. Similarly, advocates often cite the benefits of single motherhood’s freedom from “donor interference.”

Article or Document Title:
“The Incredible Shrinking Father” (URL)

Author:
Kay S. Hymowitz

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
City Journal

Publishing Location:
New York City

Date of Publication:
Spring, 2007

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